My Ode And Three Sonnets (As First Published On The Coronation Of Queen Victoria, June 28, 1838) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.All joy to thee, my country, and my pride!Be the glad muse my patriot lay to guide; Suggest the thought, and ...
Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems on Praise (24 Poems)
A Dirge For Wellington (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
A voice of lamentation From the islands of the Sea!Alas, thou sorrowing Nation, Bereaved — alas for thee!The wail as of a ...
On A Bulbous Root (Which Blossomed, After Having Lain For Ages In The Hand Of An Egyptian Mummy) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
What, wide awake, sweet stranger, wide awake?And laughing coyly at an English sun,And blessing him with smiles for having thaw'dThine ...
The Sabbath. (A Ballad For The Labourer) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Six days in the week do I toil for my bread, And surely should feel like a slave,Except for a Providence ...
Alice (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.Beautiful Alice, serene little saint, My treasure!— O better than mine,—What mind can imagine, or eloquence paint Thy gladness and glory divine?A ...
To The Union (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Giant aggregate of nations, Glorious Whole of glorious Parts,Unto endless generations Live United, hands and hearts!Be it storm or summer-weather, Peaceful calm, or ...
The Atlantic Telegraph (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
World! what a wonder is this, Grandly and simply sublime,--All the Atlantic abyss Leapt in a nothing of time!Even the steeds of ...
A Dozen Ballads About White Slavery. 1. The Field Serf. (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Galloping out on a drizzly day To see the foxhounds meetAnd huntsmen take their reckless way Over the newsown wheat,I came to ...
Cantering In (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
A mindful man, but hearted like a child, Lived near my dwelling; he was frank and glad, Though many sorrows might have ...
The Last Time (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Another year? another year! Who dare depend on other years?The judgment of this world is near, And all its children faint for ...
The First Message (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
(Strophe)Poor World! that in wickedness liest Enthrall'd by the powers of ill,And, groaning and travailing, sighest For better and happier still,-- Lo! here ...
God Preserve The Queen! (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.How glorious is thy calling, My happy Fatherland,While all the thrones are falling In righteousness to stand!Amid the earthquakes heaving thus To rest ...
Harvest Hymns (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O nation, Christian nation, Lift high the hymn of praiseThe God of our Salvation Is love in all His ways:He blesseth us, ...
Never Mind! (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Soul, be strong, whate'er betide,God himself is guard and guide,—With my Father at my side, Never mind!Clouds and darkness hover near,Men's ...
Activity (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Open the casement, and up with the Sun!His gallant journey is just begun;Over the hills his chariot is roll'd,Banner'd with ...
The Best Robe (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
"Bring forth the best robe!" Was it truly I heard? And is it for me, too -- the best for the worst?O ...
An Evening Hymn (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Yet once more, the busy dayWith its work hath passed away,Yet once more I seek my bed,As alive among the ...
A Morning Hymn (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Once again my spirit waitsAt a morrow's golden gates,As in resurrection thereWith the frankincense of prayer:Once again from slumbers deep,From ...
Friends In Heaven (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O Spirits made perfect! How dear will ye be,In the bright happy world, where affections are free!Unfetter'd from all the heart-slavery ...
Nobody Feels Or Cares! (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
The world is dying, its heart is cold, And well-nigh frozen dead,--A sorrowful thing it is to grow old, With all the ...
Selfishness (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
How little and how lightly We care for one another!How seldom and how slightly Consider each a brother!For all the world is ...
His Honour In Salvation (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O marvel! that All-holy God, The Lord,The glorious King by heaven and earth adored,Monarch of those bright million worlds above,And ...
Guernsey (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Guernsey! to me and in my partial eyes Thou art a holy and enchanted isle, Where I would linger long, and muse ...
Sonnet Of Refusal (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
"You bid me write the story of my life, And draw what secrets in my memory dwell From the dried fountains of ...